31st Oct 2007
AAI Japan Trip [June 2007] at Kobayashi Dojo
Posted in Pictures
News, announcements, essays, and multimedia from AAA/AAI students and instructors
30th Oct 2007
Last April, when I turned fourteen, a lot of people at the dojo started asking me when I was going to start adult classes. To be honest I had not really given it much thought. To me aikido was just an activity I went to one or twice a week, trained, and had a good time.
When I thought of the adult program I pictured a lot of tall, scary people who were way older than me. I did not know if I was ready, but I went to my first adult class expecting to find a bunch of black belts who wanted to hurt me, instead I met Erickson Sensei. I was still really scared to train with adults, I just wanted to hide and observe from the mat while other people helped Sensei demonstrate. Except, for the very first technique Sensei looked over at me and said, “Can you do breakfall?”
Posted in Inspiration
26th Oct 2007
More footage recorded for the promo video.
Arthur gets tired!
Posted in Videos
26th Oct 2007
Toyoda Sensei give’s a little demo with Max-san
Posted in Videos
26th Oct 2007
A randori that was recorded for a promo video in 2006.
See if you can spot the Aikido World editor!
Posted in Videos
26th Oct 2007
26th Oct 2007
Stephen Toyoda teaching a seminar at Soshinkan Dojo
in Rhode Island in 2007.
Posted in Videos